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<br />outlines reservoir operations during the spring, summer, and early fall months that may provide <br />an improved habitat for endangered endemic species of fish. <br /> <br />Section 7 consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for the operation of Navajo <br />Dam continued in 1994. Water year 1994 was the fourth year of a 7-year study to evaluate <br />alternative operations of Navajo Reservoir to benefit endangered fish. <br /> <br />Work continued on the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Over 33,000 <br />comments were received on the Draft EIS. As a result of comments on both the Draft EIS and <br />Draft Biological Opinion and discussions with the FWS and with the broad support of the <br />cooperating agencies, the preferred alternative is being modified for the Final EIS. The <br />endangered fish research flows, described in the Draft EIS, will be moved from the preferred <br />alternative and addressed from a scientifically based position within the Adaptive Management <br />Program (AMP). This modification has been made because Reclamation believes that the <br />potential effects of steady flows should be further studied before implementation to evaluate <br />uncertainties concerning the interactions between native and non-native fish. Moving the <br />endangered fish research flows to the AMP will allow further investigations over the next two to <br />three years to alleviate these uncertainties. <br /> <br />Section 7 consultation with FWS on the operation of the Aspinall Unit continued in 1994. As <br />part of this consultation, a 5-year plan to study the effect of various release patterns on habitat <br />and the reproductive success and reintroduction of endangered fish in the Gunnison River was <br />outlined. Water year 1994 was the third year of this 5-year study. <br /> <br />The Colorado River Endangered Fishes Recovery Program is in its sixth year of implementation. <br />In fiscal year 1994, approximately 40 projects were funded totaling almost $3 million. <br /> <br />Generation at CRSP powerplants amounted to 5 billion kilowatt-hours during Fiscal Year (FY) <br />1994. This is a 2.8% increase over the generation in FY 1993. The major portion, 3.86 billion <br />kilowatt-hours, was produced at Glen Canyon Dam. The balance was produced at Flaming <br />Gorge, Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, Crystal, Fontenelle, McPhee and Towaoc Powerplants. <br /> <br />Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, which surrounds Flaming Gorge Dam and Reservoir, <br />recorded 2,178,300 visitors during 1994. The extensive recreational use of Glen Canyon <br />National Recreation Area, which surrounds Lake Powell, is demonstrated by the visitation of <br />2,844,999 people and over 298,000 people visited Rainbow Bridge during 1994. The National <br />Park Service administers the Wayne N. Aspinall recreational facilities which had 1,089,098 <br />visitors in 1994. <br /> <br />The Flaming Gorge, Wayne N. Aspinall, Glen Canyon and Navajo Units continue to provide <br />excellent warm- and cold-water fishing both in the reservoirs and in the tail water streams below <br />the dams. Use on the reservoirs currently totals approximately 945,477 angler days each year. <br />Lake Powell provides approximately half of the total use, with the remainder coming from the <br /> <br />2 <br />